Essential Oil Perfume Recipes

Young living essential oil perfume recipes

So you want to make perfume, but you don't know where to start? Well, we're here to help! This page will be regularly updated with perfume recipes (or if you want to sound more sophisticated, perfume formulas) for you to try out.They will range from basic to advanced, so you can start at the beginning and work your way up to the more complicated perfume recipes! You'll notice in these 15 essential oil perfume recipes that you can use different combinations and oils to create your perfect scent or spray. How to Make Essential Oil Perfume. While the basis for each recipe is pretty consistent, you'll notice that the number of essential oil drops added will vary.

Table Of Contents Essential oil notes Ingredients & supplies Creating your blend Determining the type of perfume Application methods Recipes Perfume recipe labels Essential oil perfume ingredient calculator Essential Oil Notes There are three essential oil perfume notes you’ll need to become familiar with when you make your customized blend.

Yummy aromatherapy perfume recipes for making homemade perfume

Express yourself with scent! Creating your own essential oils perfume is a powerful way to express your individuality.

Plus it's easy, fun and all-natural. And with these aromatherapy perfume recipes you can make one for every mood!

Essential Oil Perfume Recipes

Not only do you smell fabulous, but you get the health-boosting, happy-making, nerve-calming benefits of using essential oils.

Essential Oil Perfume Recipes

Get comfortable making homemade perfume using these seven essential oils perfume blends and then start experimenting to create your own signature scent. Fun and super-rewarding!

Essential Oil Perfume Recipes With Alcohol

Homemade Perfume Base

1 tablespoon (15ml) Jojoba or Grapeseed oil

1 tablespoon (15ml) Vodka

Buy Jojoba oil or Grapeseed oil

Essential Oils Perfume Blends

Darkly Mysterious
8 drops Sandalwood, 3 drops Lavender, 1 drop Cedarwood

Floral Romance
5 drops Palmarosa, 3 drops Rose, 1 drop Geranium, 1 drop Ylang Ylang (use more palmarosa and geranium if you don't have any rose essential oil)

Fountain of Youth
9 drops Grapefruit, 1 drop Geranium, 1 drop Ylang Ylang

Did you know... The smell of grapefruit makes women seem younger to men.

Researchers at the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago found that the scent of pink grapefruit makes a woman appear an average of five years younger to men. (I need lots of this one...)

Luscious Lavender
6 drops Lavender, 4 drops Frankincense, 1 drop Geranium

Sensuously Spicy
8 drops Sandalwood, 2 drops Orange, 1 drop Patchouli, 1 drop Ylang Ylang

Sweet Enough to Eat
5 drops Vanilla, 4 drops Cocoa Absolute, 1 drop Ylang Ylang

Upbeat n' Happy
5 drops Bergamot, 5 drops Grapefruit, 1 drop Geranium

Directions

  1. Use a funnel to pour the oil and alcohol into a 2oz (50ml) dark glass or PET plastic bottle. Drop in the essential oil perfume blends.
  2. Cap the bottle and shake it to mix everything together. Keep it in a cool, dark place for two weeks to let the homemade perfume 'cure'. Shake the mixture several times a day.

A friendly reminder: More and more people are becoming sensitive to perfumes - even natural ones. (For example, my mother gets migraines when she's exposed to any perfume.)

Please be sensitive to their needs and don't wear your essential oils perfume when you think it might cause anyone discomfort.

Ingredients for Homemade Perfume Recipes

I started using essential oils from doTerra after comparing them to the other brands in my stash.

I found myself using fewer drops per recipe and actually getting better results. Plus, I've never had a bad reaction, which sometimes happens with other brands.

doTerra's oils cost more than other brands, and that's as it should be. It's like buying a BMW vs. a Kia - the more expensive car is the better quality vehicle.

If you can afford them, I recommend giving doTerra's oils a try and comparing them for yourself.

You can buy doTerra's oils at retail prices by clicking the Shop button at the top. Or click Join & Save to become a wholesale customer and get a store-wide 25% discount. Message me if you want more details on the wholesale thing - why spend more than you have to, right?


I recommend Mountain Rose Herbs for all other recipe ingredients and if you're on a tight budget. I love their friendly, helpful staff, their prices and the quality of their products - most of them are organic without a huge jump in cost. Here's some quick links to the ingredients you'll need for these homemade perfume recipes...

Lavender Essential Oil


Or... If you love having tons of options to choose from, browse through Amazon and see what looks good to you. Just remember that inexpensive oils are likely to be lower in quality - how else do they get the cost so low?

What Next?

How about mixing your own signature scent? Want some help figuring out how to go about it? Here's a great guide to show you how to mix essential oils with confidence.


This eBook will teach you how to create your own essential oil blends with confidence. You'll learn...

  • How to classify essential oils using categories.
  • How to choose your first essential oils.
  • Critical safety information you need to know about the essential oils you'll be blending.
  • How to use the Rule of Three.
  • How to create essential oil blends for body, bath and home.
  • How to mix essential oils for health. Includes 12 pages of health problems and the correct oils to care for them.


And if that's not enough, check out these recipes...

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Aromatherapy oil burners (also called aromatherapy lamps or candle diffusers) generally don't cost much, they sparkle with candle light, and they make your room smell warm and inviting.

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Change your diffuser essential oils when the mood strikes. Use spicy blends for warming up winter days, and cool minty blends for summer. Lavender for the bedroom, energizing blends for the office. So much fun!

This uplifting aromatherapy air freshener is as pretty to look at as it is to smell!

They look pretty, they smell wonderful, they're non-toxic. And best of all, soy candle making is fun and easy!

Still Looking?

Want to find more recipes with a certain essential oil in them? Simply use the Search Box below.

For example, type in 'lavender' (without the quotes) and hit Search. Every page on this website that includes the word Lavender will pop up. Poke through them and decide which recipe to try next.

Essential Oil Perfume Recipes



Many DIY perfume recipes list alcohol as one of the base ingredients. Alcohol is undeniably a great stabilizer for homemade perfumes. But if you don’t want to use it, check out the 3 essential oil perfume recipes without alcohol below!

Perfumery is a careful art of blending different scents together to create a sensuous blend. Not every perfume delights all individuals, after all everyone’s tastes are different. But below are some tried and tested essential oil perfume recipes without alcohol that you may love!

Find scents for women, men and one for both men and women in the recipes!

3 Essential Oil Perfume Recipes without Alcohol

1. ‘Royal Rose’ Perfume for Women

What you Need

  • 15 drops coriander (where to get it)
  • 18 drops bergamot (where to get it)
  • 12 drops neroli (where to get it)
  • 3 drop jasmine (where to get it)
  • 9 drops rose otto (where to get it)
  • Jojoba oil (where to get it)
  • 10 ml roller bottles (where to get it)
  • Roller bottle opener tool (where to get it)

Method

  1. Remove the roller ball from the bottle using an essential oil roller ball remover.
  2. Pour in the jojoba oil first then add the essential oils drop by drop.
  3. Push the roller ball back firmly and cap the bottle.
  4. Shake well to combine.
  5. For best results, let your perfume sit for a week before using it so that the scents can mature into a more rounded perfume for lasting fragrance.

2. ‘Manly Musk’ Cologne for Men

What you Need

  • 5 drops lavender (where to get it)
  • 10 drops coriander (where to get it)
  • 11 drops sandalwood (where to get it)
  • 12 drops cedarwood (where to get it)
  • 3 drops frankincense (where to get it)
  • 1 oz sweet almond oil (where to get it) or witch hazel (where to get it)
  • ½ tsp vegetable glycerin (where to get it)
  • 2 oz amber glass spray bottle (where to get it)

Method

  1. Into your glass spray bottle, add the sweet almond oil followed by the vegetable glycerin.
  2. Shake well to combine.
  3. Now add the essential oils drop by drop and shake well.
  4. Close the cap and store in a cool dry place.
  5. Mist it on your skin and clothes!

3. ‘Citrus Bliss’ Sensual Perfume (Unisex)

What you Need

  • 12 drops sweet orange (where to get it)
  • 30 drops lemon (where to get it)
  • 18 drops tangerine (where to get it)
  • 24 drops frankincense (where to get it)
  • 15 drops neroli (where to get it)
  • 3 drops myrrh (where to get it)
  • Jojoba oil (where to get it)
  • 10 ml roller bottles (where to get it)
  • Roller bottle opener tool (where to get it)

Method

Essential Oil Perfume Recipes Jasmine

  1. Remove the roller ball from the roller bottle. Use the essential oil roller ball remover to assist with this.
  2. Carefully add the jojoba oil to the roller bottle.
  3. Then add the essential oils, in the above order, drop by drop.
  4. Push back the roller ball and close the cap.
  5. Give the bottle a little shake to mix up the ingredients.
  6. Your citrus bliss perfume is ready! It is scent lovable by both men and women and has an instant uplifting fragrance.

Caution

Before using these perfume recipes on your skin, do a patch test on your inner elbow first. This is to see if you get any negative reaction. If you get anything like rashes itching or red blotchy skin, you might be allergic. Wash it off well and do not use the perfume on skin.

Best Essential Oil Perfume Recipes For Women

If you’re new to essential oils, please read Caution & Safety Information when Using Essential Oils

What do you think? Are you ready to try out any of the above essential oil perfume recipes without alcohol?

Essential Oil Perfume Recipes

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